How to Preserve and Store Fresh Herbs
Let me share with you six easy ways to preserve your fresh herbs and help them to maintain their delicious flavor all year round. Whether you grow thyme, rosemary, tarragon, or any combination of all of your favorite herbs, these preservation methods will help you to keep that fresh taste and all of these are my favorite and super easy. 1. Air drying A number of herbs are suitable for drying. The idea here is to eliminate all the water content from the leaves, flowers, petals, stems or roots. In order ...
Guide to Fresh Herbs – Part 2
Tips: Use a sharp knife or herb scissors when chopping fresh herbs so they cut rather than crush the delicate herb leaves. Crushing leads to bruised, blackened herbs. If you'd like to use fresh herbs instead of dried herbs in a recipe, add 3-4 times more fresh herbs than the recipe calls for and add it in at the end. Super how-to from my Grandma: deep freeze your fresh herbs. Chop up fresh herbs and pop them into an ice cube tray, add salt and freeze for later use. Try freezing them in olive oil for use...
